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Re:Researchers Find Herpes Viruses in Brains Marked by Alzhe... by pc86 on Thursday June 21, 2018 @01:43PM (#17367454)
Please quote from the linked article where they imply causation.
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Re:Researchers Find Herpes Viruses in Brains Marked by Alzhe... by ShabbosGoy on Thursday June 21, 2018 @01:50PM (#17367550)
In the article, tbey only mention that HHV-6 and HHV-7 virus levels are increased. Don’t really see where causation is implied at all. It’s the same with elevated levels amyloid beta, only one piece of the puzzle.
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Re:Researchers Find Herpes Viruses in Brains Marked by Alzhe... by pc86 on Thursday June 21, 2018 @02:03PM (#17367699)
That was my point - the article doesn't imply any causation, so the "correlation != causation" meme is an irrelevant criticism.
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